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The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize for the best Australian ‘published novel or play portraying Australian life in any of its phases’. The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879 – 1954), who is best known for writing the Australian classic My Brilliant Career (published in 1901) and for bequeathing her estate to fund this award. As of 2008, the award is worth AU$42,000.

Winners

Shortlisted Works

Shortlisted titles are only shown for the years 1987 onwards. No record has yet been found for any shortlists being released prior to that year. Winners are listed in bold type. 2008
  • The Fern Tattoo, David Brooks
  • The Time We Have Taken, Steven Carroll
  • Love Without Hope, Rodney Hall
  • Sorry, Gail Jones
  • Landscape of Farewell, Alex Miller 2007
  • , Peter Carey
  • Dreams of Speaking, Gail Jones
  • Careless, Deborah Robertson
  • Carpentaria, Alexis Wright 2006
  • The Garden Book, Brian Castro
  • The Secret River, Kate Grenville
  • The Ballad of Desmond Kale, Roger McDonald
  • Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living, Carrie Tiffany
  • The Wing of Night, Brenda Walker 2005
  • Salt Rain, Sarah Armstrong
  • The Gift of Speed, Steven Carroll
  • Sixty Lights, Gail Jones
  • The White Earth, Andrew McGahan
  • The Submerged Cathedral, Charlotte Wood 2004
  • My Life as a Fake, Peter Carey
  • Elizabeth Costello, J.M. Coetzee
  • Three Dog Night, Peter Goldsworthy
  • The Great Fire, Shirley Hazzard
  • Slow Water, Annamarie Jagose
  • Seven Types of Ambiguity, Elliot Perlman 2003
  • The Prosperous Thief, Andrea Goldsmith
  • Of a Boy, Sonya Hartnett
  • Moral Hazard, Kate Jennings
  • An Angel in Australia, Tom Keneally
  • Journey to the Stone Country, Alex Miller
  • Wild Surmise, Dorothy Porter 2002
  • The Art of the Engine Driver, Steven Carroll
  • Gould's Book of Fish, Richard Flanagan
  • Gilgamesh, Joan London
  • The Architect, John Scott
  • Dirt Music, Tim Winton 2001
  • True History of the Kelly Gang, Peter Carey
  • The Company, Arabella Edge
  • The Day We Had Hitler Home, Rodney Hall
  • English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
  • Conditions of Faith, Alex Miller
  • Dark Palace, Frank Moorhouse
  • Life after George, Hannie Rayson Note: Matthew Kneale's novel is the first by a non-Australian to be shortlisted for the award. Hannie Rayson's, Life after George, is the first play to be shortlisted. 2000
  • Drylands, Thea Astley
  • Too Many Men, Lily Brett
  • What a Piece of Work, Dorothy Porter
  • Benang, Kim Scott
  • Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop, Amy Witting Note: Dorothy Porter's What a Piece of Work is the first verse novel to be shortlisted. 1999
  • Eucalyptus, Murray Bail
  • Red Shoes, Carmel Bird
  • The Golden Dress, Marion Halligan
  • Mr Darwin's Shooter, Roger McDonald
  • Three Dollars, Elliot Perlman 1998
  • Wrack, James Bradley
  • Jack Maggs, Peter Carey
  • The Service of Clouds, Delia Falconer
  • The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Richard Flanagan
  • One for the Master, Dorothy Johnston
  • Lovesong, Elizabeth Jolley
  • Nightpictures, Rod Jones 1997
  • The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow, Thea Astley
  • Night Letters, Robert Dessaix
  • The Drowner, Robert Drewe
  • The Glade within the Grove, David Foster
  • Oyster, Janette Turner Hospital
  • The Conversations at Curlow Creek, David Malouf
  • Before I Wake, John Scott 1996
  • The White Garden, Carmel Bird
  • The House in the Light, Beverley Farmer
  • Bracelet Honeymyrtle, Judith Fox
  • The Touchstone, Paul Horsfall
  • Highways to a War, Christopher Koch
  • Camille's Bread, Amanda Lohrey
  • The Sitters, Alex Miller 1995
  • The Hand that Signed the Paper, Helen Demidenko
  • Death of a River Guide, Richard Flanagan
  • Dark Places, Kate Grenville
  • A Mortality Tale, Jay Verney 1994
  • The Grisly Wife, Rodney Hall
  • Remembering Babylon, David Malouf
  • Water Man, Roger McDonald 1993
  • Vanishing Points, Thea Astley
  • After China, Brian Castro
  • Cosmo Cosmolino, Helen Garner
  • The Last Magician, Janette Turner Hospital
  • Shearers' Motel, Roger McDonald
  • The Ancestor Game, Alex Miller 1992
  • Double Wolf, Brian Castro
  • Our Sunshine, Robert Drewe
  • To the Burning City, Alan Gould
  • The Second Bridegroom, Rodney Hall
  • Cloudstreet, Tim Winton 1991
  • Longleg, Glenda Adams
  • Taking Shelter, Jessica Anderson
  • Reaching Tin River, Thea Astley
  • The Bluebird Café, Carmel Bird
  • The Country Without Music, Nicholas Hasluck
  • The Great World, David Malouf 1990
  • Company of Images, Janine Burke
  • Oceana Fine, Tom Flood
  • Maestro, Peter Goldsworthy
  • Avenue of Eternal Peace, Nicholas Jose
  • Smyrna, Tony Maniaty
  • I for Isobel, Amy Witting 1989
  • Oscar and Lucinda, Peter Carey
  • Captivity Captive, Rodney Hall
  • Out of the Line of Fire, Mark Henshaw
  • Building on Sand, David Parker
  • Charades, Janette Turner Hospital 1988 Note: Date changed from year of publication to year of announcement, so no award was made in this year. 1987
  • Dancing on Coral, Glenda Adams
  • Holden's Performance, Murray Bail
  • Truant State, Nicholas Hasluck
  • Bloodfather, David Ireland
  • Home is the Sailor, Nancy Phelan

    Longlisted Works

    Longlisted titles are only shown for the years 2005 onwards. That was the first year that such a list was released by the judging panel. The number of works included on the longlist varies from year to year. 2008
  • The Fern Tattoo, David Brooks
  • The Time We Have Taken, Steven Carroll
  • Love Without Hope, Rodney Hall
  • Orpheus Lost, Janette Turner Hospital
  • Sorry, Gail Jones
  • The Widow and Her Hero, Tom Keneally
  • The Memory Room, Christopher Koch
  • Landscape of Farewell, Alex Miller
  • Secrets of the Sea, Nicholas Shakespeare 2007
  • , Peter Carey
  • Silent Parts, John Charalambous
  • The Unknown Terrorist, Richard Flanagan
  • Beyond the Break, Sandra Hall
  • Dreams of Speaking, Gail Jones
  • The Unexpected Elements of Love, Kate Legge
  • Careless, Deborah Robertson
  • Carpentaria, Alexis Wright 2006
  • Knitting, Anne Bartlett
  • The Garden Book, Brian Castro
  • The Secret River, Kate Grenville
  • An Accidental Tourist, Stephen Lang
  • The Ballad of Desmond Kale, Roger McDonald
  • Prochownik's Dream, Alex Miller
  • Sunnyside, Joanna Murray-Smith
  • A Case of Knives, Peter Rose
  • The Broken Shore, Peter Temple
  • Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living, Carrie Tiffany
  • Dead Europe, Christos Tsiolkas
  • The Wing of Night, Brenda Walker 2005
  • Salt Rain, Sarah Armstrong
  • The Gift of Speed, Steven Carroll
  • Backwaters, Robert Engwarda
  • The Ghost Writer, John Harwood
  • The Broken Book, Susan Johnson
  • Sixty Lights, Gail Jones
  • A Private Man, Malcolm Knox
  • The Philosopher's Doll, Amanda Lohrey
  • The White Earth, Andrew McGahan
  • I Have Kissed Your Lips, Gerard Windsor
  • The Submerged Cathedral, Charlotte Wood
  • The Last Ride, Denise YoungFurther Information

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